Our Current Events Show # 148 – Presented by SoundBroker.com and hosted by Jan Landy.  An entertaining robust discussion offering opinions on current events and more. 

It’s more satisfying than seeing a therapist and it gives you a chance to laugh while learning about the latest of what is happening in our world and how it affects us. 

To offer your opinion join us on the Zoom panel Wednesday at 5 PM – Pacific (UTC-7)/ 8 PM EDT  sign up for our LinkedIn discussion group Friends of the RoundTable https://lnkd.in/gHE5vCC7

Topics Discussed (03/22/2023)
Welcome to spring 

There’s a high-tech Swiss train named after Shania Twain. 
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It was 3 years ago this past Monday that all of our lives were forever changed. Friday the 13th, March 2020 was the day all live events stopped in the US. We will never forget that day.
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Where Did All Your Zoom Friends Go? 
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/bu…
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Financial fraud can happen to anyone, but seniors tend to be at greater risk.
92,000 plus victims for 1.7 Billion
15% Home Care Givers
17% Friends and Neighbors
58% Family
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A staggering 721.5 million credentials were stolen and 22 million devices were infected in 2022, according to the latest Identity Exposure Report from the experts at SpyCloud.
https://support.google.com/accounts/a…
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Why Top Gun won the Oscar for sound 
  

 • Why Top Gun won t…  
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Jack Daniel’s says a dog toy company is ripping off its brand. What will the Supreme Court say?
Jack Daniel’s Tenenessee Whiskey
“Bad Spaniels Silly Squeaker”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/politi…
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LUVTOFU Maine Recalled his plates. 
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NY Post is reporting that Russia’s Wagner Group recruiting mercenaries on Pornhub
Any fighters willing to rise to the occasion?
https://nypost.com/2023/03/15/russias…
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Doing More With Less: Road Crews Contend With Labor Shortages
https://news.pollstar.com/2023/03/16/…
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Polstar is reporting: 
SoFi Stadium reported that in one night on March 10th, Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks 
sold 51.880 tickets and grossed $10,884,917 
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Bunny played, the average gross was $12.3 million per show.
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Taylor Swift only playing NFL stadiums. Polstar is projecting that this tour will gross a Billion dollars
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Adele show is being offered in the $5 million “Emperor Package” for the Formula One Las Vegas Grand
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Hard Rock, will have its own Strip-adjacent grandstand structure, designed to seat up to 3,000 people
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New York Knicks great Willis Reed dies at 80
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California Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow bands of moisture that can carry saturated air thousands of miles
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From CNN Travel: March 20 is the International Day of Happiness, The world’s happiest country is Finland for the sixth year in a row, according to the annual World Happiness Report, which ranks countries based largely on life evaluations from the Gallup World Poll. The US did not crack the top 
2. Denmark
3. Iceland
4. Israel 
5. Netherlands
15. USA
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/wo…
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Rock Lititz To Launch Academy Of Live Technology
https://www.livedesignonline.com/news…
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Ticketmaster Agrees to Refund Fees That ‘Sickened’ The Cure’s Robert Smith
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Bard:  Google opened up a waitlist for its new AI tool, ChatGPT, Proximity.ai

Jan Landy Thinking Out Loud

Our Current Events Show # 147 – Sleep Is A Wonderful Cure For Insomnia. Presented by SoundBroker.com and hosted by Jan Landy. An entertaining robust discussion offering opinions on current events and more.

It’s more satisfying than seeing a therapist and it gives you a chance to laugh while learning about the latest of what is happening in our world and how it affects us.

To offer your opinion join us on the Zoom panel Wednesday at 5 PM – Pacific (UTC-7)/ 8 PM EDT sign up for our LinkedIn discussion group Friends of the RoundTable https://lnkd.in/gHE5vCC7

Topics Discussed (03/15/2023)

Sleep- affects your immunity after vaccination / The Military’s Sleep Discipline Rule to Get the Perfect Night’s Sleep

#Barbie turns 64 years young,

95th Academy Awards

Sleep affects your immunity after vaccination

$10 billion in losses from online scams were reported to the FBI in 2022

National Association of Broadcasters Las Vegas April 16-19, 2023

Apple’s Money and Snoop Dogg’s Songs Back This $1 Billion Music Startup 

California Court Mostly Upholds Prop. 22 in Win for Uber and Other Gig Companies

Jan Landy Thinking Out Loud

Our Current Events Show # 146 – Presented by SoundBroker.com and hosted by Jan Landy.  An entertaining robust discussion offering opinions on current events. 

Offer your opinion every Wednesday at 5 PM – Pacific (UTC-8)/ 8 PM EDT 

It’s more satisfying than seeing a therapist and it gives you a chance to laugh while learning about the latest of what is happening in our world and how it affects us. 

If you want to participate and be on the Zoom panel contact me. 

Please join our LinkedIn discussion group Friends of the RoundTable https://lnkd.in/gHE5vCC7

Topics Discussed:
LA (AP) – Tremendous rains and snowfall since late last year have freed half of California from drought, but low groundwater levels remain a persistent problem, U.S. Drought Monitor data showed Thursday.
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WILL LAKE MEAD EVER FILL BACK UP? KTNV LAS VEGAS

Colorado River crisis is so bad, lakes Mead and Powell are unlikely to refill in our lifetimes. Boaters are dwarfed by a white bathtub ring around Lake Mead.
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Seen in Hollywood movies (Phi-Phi Islands in the Leonardo DiCaprio’s film “The Beach” and James Bond Islands in the Roger Moore’s film “The Man with the Golden Gun”.
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https://theoceancleanup.com/
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Ocean treaty: Historic agreement reached after decade of talks – The High Seas Treaty aims to place 30% of the seas into protected areas by 2030, to safeguard and recuperate marine nature. The agreement was reached on Saturday evening, after 38 hours of talks, at UN headquarters in New York.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-envi…
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The Latest Leather Alternative Is Made From Shrimp Shells
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featur…
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/abyss…
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CONVERSATION: I’m 53 years old. I’m 36 in my head. – The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/…) Our Current Events Show # 146 – How Old Do Feel?

Jan Landy Thinking Out Loud

Our Current Events Show # 145 – Presented by SoundBroker.com and hosted by Jan Landy.  An entertaining robust discussion offering opinions on current events. 

Offer your opinion every Wednesday at 5 PM – Pacific (UTC-8)/ 8 PM EDT 

It’s more satisfying than seeing a therapist and it gives you a chance to laugh while learning about the latest of what is happening in our world and how it affects us. 

Topics Discussed Today: 

The most common colour seen in the Northern Lights is green. When the solar wind hits millions of oxygen atoms in the Earth’s atmosphere at the same time, it excites the oxygen atoms for a time and then they decay back to their original state, when they emit the green hue we can see from the ground.

“Terms of Service; Didn’t Read” (short: ToS;DR) is a project started in June 2012 to help fix the “biggest lie on the web”: almost no one really reads the terms of service we agree to all the time. https://tosdr.org/

LiveNation reported Q4 revenue of nearly $4.3 billion, 48 percent higher than Q4 2019, the standard comparison in the wake of COVID. That counts as a beat for LYV; consensus expectation was $3.61 billion. Twelve month revenue was nearly $16.7 billion. That’s up 45 percent against 2019. https://news.pollstar.com/2023/02/23/live-nation-reports-record-year-despite-q4-loss/

What’s in Live Nation’s FAIR Ticketing Act Proposal? – Fans & Artists Insisting on Reforms in Ticketing – Live Nation’s push for ticketing reform – https://news.pollstar.com/2023/02/24/whats-in-live-nations-fair-ticketing-act-proposal/

FORMULA 1 LAS VEGAS $5M PACKAGE – Those willing to shell out $5 million for the package will receive five nights in the Nobu Sky Villa at Nobu Hotel Caesars Palace, which the company says has “sweeping views of the racetrack” and sits “in the heart of the Grand Prix straight away.

Resorts World packages start at $35,000 and include a suite, grandstand tickets, transportation to and from Reid Airport as well as food, beverage and Zouk nightclub credits. There is a 10% discount if booked before Dec. 29. Call (702) 676-7388 for more information.

Newcomb’s Ranch is a roadhouse is very popular with motorcyclists and it’s called “the informal headquarters for riders” by the Los Angeles Magazine. Jay Leno was a “frequent visitor” to Newcomb’s. Closed in 2009 for the Station Fire and after discussing remodeling plans The ranch was closed in March 2020 and put up for sale in June 2021.[12] As of January 2023, the ranch is still closed and up for sale.

Jan Landy Thinking Out Loud